Highly lithiophilic Ti3C2Tx-Mxene anchored on a flexible carbon foam scaffold as the basis for a dendrite-free lithium metal anode

TAO Fang-yu; XIE Dan; DIAO Wan-yue; LIU Chang; SUN Hai-zhu; LI Wen-liang; ZHANG Jing-ping; WU Xing-long

doi:10.1016/S1872-5805(23)60739-5

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TAO Fang-yu, XIE Dan, DIAO Wan-yue, LIU Chang, SUN Hai-zhu, LI Wen-liang, ZHANG Jing-ping, WU Xing-long. Highly lithiophilic Ti3C2Tx-Mxene anchored on a flexible carbon foam scaffold as the basis for a dendrite-free lithium metal anode. New Carbon Mater., 2023, 38(4): 765-775. doi: 10.1016/S1872-5805(23)60739-5

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TAO Fang-yu, XIE Dan, DIAO Wan-yue, LIU Chang, SUN Hai-zhu, LI Wen-liang, ZHANG Jing-ping, WU Xing-long. Highly lithiophilic Ti₃C₂T_x-Mxene anchored on a flexible carbon foam scaffold as the basis for a dendrite-free lithium metal anode. New Carbon Mater., 2023, 38(4): 765-775. doi: 10.1016/S1872-5805(23)60739-5

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Highly lithiophilic Ti₃C₂T_x-Mxene anchored on a flexible carbon foam scaffold as the basis for a dendrite-free lithium metal anode

doi: 10.1016/S1872-5805(23)60739-5

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XIE Dan¹,
DIAO Wan-yue¹,
LIU Chang¹,
SUN Hai-zhu¹,
LI Wen-liang^{1
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ZHANG Jing-ping^{1
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WU Xing-long^{1, 2
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Faculty of Chemistry, National & Local United Engineering Lab for Power Battery, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin 130024, China
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MOE Key Laboratory for UV Light-Emitting Materials and Technology, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin 130024, China

Funds: This work was supported by the financial support from the Natural Science Foundation of Jilin Province (20220508141RC), the 111 Project (B13013), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21873018), the Education Department of Jilin Province (JJKH20221154KJ), Jilin Provincial Research Center of Advanced Energy Materials (Northeast Normal University)

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陶芳宇，博士生. E-mail：taofy704@nenu.edu.cn
Corresponding author: LI Wen-liang, Professor. E-mail: liwl926@nenu.edu.cn; ZHANG Jing-ping, Professor. E-mail: jpzhang@nenu.edu.cn; WU Xing-long, Professor. E-mail: xinglong@nenu.edu.cn
Received Date: 2023-02-20
Accepted Date: 2023-04-11
Rev Recd Date: 2023-04-10

Available Online: 2023-05-24

Publish Date: 2023-08-01

Abstract

Abstract

We report the fabrication of a lithiophilic Ti₃C₂T_x MXene-modified carbon foam (Ti₃C₂T_x-MX@CF) for the production of highly-stable LMBs that regulates Li nucleation behavior and reduces the volume change of a lithium metal anode (LMA). The 3D CF skeleton with a high specific surface area not only reduces the local current density to avoiding concentrated polarization, but also provides enough space to absorb the volume expansion during cycling. The excellent lithiophilicity of Ti₃C₂T_x-MX produced by its abundant functional groups reduces the Li nucleation overpotential, guides uniform Li deposition without the formation of Li dendrites, and maintains a stable SEI on the anode surface. Consequently, a Li infiltrated Ti₃C₂T_x-MX@CF symmetrical cell has an excellent cycling stability for more than 2 400 h with a low overpotential of 9 mV at a current density of 4 mA cm⁻² and has a capacity of 1 mA h cm⁻². Furthermore, a Li- Ti₃C₂T_x-MX@CF||NCM111 full cell has a capacity of 129.6 mA h g⁻¹ even after 330 cycles at 1 C, demonstrating the advantage of this method in constructing stable LMAs.
- MXene,
- Three-dimensional structure,
- Dendrite suppression,
- Li metal anode

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